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wonder why this GonaqAcle't chd not bring my sisters' children. 

 That is just what I invited him to the feast for." 



Soon after this thought had passed through the chief's mind the 

 GonaqAde't called loudly to one of his men, "Bring me my box from 

 over yonder." This box was beautifully carved and painted, and it 

 was from it that the Tsimshian came to know how to carve and paint 

 boxes. Then he took out a chief's dancing hat with sea lion bristles 

 and a rattle, and just as soon as he had done so the chief's eldest 

 nephew stood beside him. He put the headdress upon him and gave 

 him the rattle, and the GonaqAde't's people sang songs for him. 

 They sang four songs, and the GonaqAde/t said, "This hat, this rattle, 

 and these songs are yours." The village chief was happy when he 

 saw his nephew. 



Then the GonaqAcle't went through the same actions as before. 

 There had been twenty youths in the chief's large canoe, and he gave 

 each a hat, a rattle, and four songs, making them all stand on one 

 side of the house. Now the village chief felt very happy and was 

 glad that he had invited the GonaqAde't to him instead of doing as 

 the village people had planned. 



Next morning, when the GonaqAde't was preparing to start, it 

 was very foggy. He and his people left the village singing, and their 

 canoes went along side by side until they passed out of sight in the fog. 

 They returned to their own home. 



It is from this story that people do not want to hear the raven 

 before their guests get up. The chief's headdress with sea lion bristles 

 also came from the GonaqAde't, and so it happened that the Nass 

 people wore it first. 



35. ORIGIN OF THP: LIE'N.^JCXI'DAQ « 



A boy at Auk (Ak!") heard that a woman lived in the lake back of 

 his village. He heard this so often that he was very anxious to see 

 her. One day, therefore, he went up to the lake and watched there 

 all day, but he did not see anything. Next day he did the same thing 

 again, and late in the afternoon he thought that he would sit down 

 in the high grass. The sun was shining on the lake, making it look 

 very pretty. 



After some time the youth noticed ri]:)]:)les on the water, and, 

 jumping up to look, saw a beautiful woman come up and begin Inlay- 

 ing around in it. After her came up her two babies. Then the man 

 waded out into the lake, caught one of the babies, rolled it up in his 

 skin coat, and carried it home. 



All that night he had to watch the child very closely, for she kept 

 trying to get away, but at last he became so sleepy that he rolled the 

 child up once more and fell asleep. 



a See story 94 and close of story 105. 



